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W. F. POSTER.

LAGING GLOVES.

No. 277,559. Patented May 15,1888.

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WILLIAM F. FOSTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAClNG GLOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,559, dated May 15,1883.

Application filed March 22, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. Fosrnn,residing in the city, county, and State-of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Devices for Laciug Gloves, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Figure 1 represents a side view of the lacing device, partly in section.In Fig.1 of the drawings filed the device is represented as about fourtimes the size that I propose to construct it in practice. Fig. 2represents a number of these devices secured to a glove in the manner inwhich I propose to use them for closing the wrist-opening of the glove.

The object of my invention is to provide a lacing device, and attach itto the glove and combine it with a lacing in such manner that the devicewill not be likely to catch in ordinary articles of clothing or presentany rough surfaces, to which the lacing may be readily applied, andwhich will be adapted to bind the lacing and prevent its becomingdisengaged from the device or slipping thereon in ordinary use. For thepurpose of thus binding the lacing I propose by-my device to utilize theelasticity of the glove material and the friction of its upper surfaceby causing the lacing to rest between the head of the lacing device andthe material of the glove, which material is so confined under the headthat in order to find entrance into the laced position the lacingcordnecessarily compresses the glove material.

In the drawings, a represents the head of the lacing device, whichpreferably has its corners rounded, as shown, the rounding of the uppercorner being for the purpose of presenting a smooth upper surface, andthe rounding of the lower corner being for the purpose of providing amore easy means of passing the lacing under the head.

e is a thin plate, preferably of the same size as the head a, whichcontains a central hole to receive the round neck g. The plate 0 ispreferably held in place on the tubular neck 9 by upsetting the end ofthe neck in the manner shown at g in the drawings, or by any othersuitable means.

0 represents the glove material, and 0 rep resents a piece of tape whichis usually employed at the point where the lacing devices purpose ofproviding more security of-attachment.

' In attaching the lacing devices shown to the material the position inwhich the plate 0 is secured on the neckg depends upon the thickness ofthe glove material I), or upon the combined thickness ofthe glovematerial I) and the tape 0, if the latter is used, and also upon thesize of the lacing f employed. The distance between the head a and plate0 should, however, be snflicient so that when the glove material iscompressed by the lacing in the manner shown in Fig. 1 there should besuficient distance between the head a and the plate a to accommodate thelacing and the thickness of the compressed glove material and the tapebelow the lacing. At the same time the distance between the plate e andthe head ashould not be greater than that required to accommodate thelacing and the compressed glove inaterial and the tape below'it in themanner shown. found that the distance between the plate 0 and the head ashould be preferably about the thickness of the glove material whenuncompressed and the tape, so that the under side of the head restslightly upon the upper surface of the glove material and the upper sideof the plate rests lightly upon the under side of the tape when thelacing is not applied. The preferable lacing to be used in this instancewill be smaller than those which have heretofore been in common use. Ihave found that a lacingot'a diameter proportioned to the other parts ofthe device, about as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings,will answer thepurpose.

It will be noticed that when the lacing is not applied to the lacingdeviceas shown, the head of such device will rest directly upon thematerial of the glove, and will present nothing to catch upon the laceor other clothing, while the rounded corners present a smooth surfacewhich is free from sharp corners such as are liable to abrade or wearother articles in contact with them. The lacing is attached to one ofthese lacing devices, and is passed around each succeeding one, crossingthe opening of the glove between each pass, until the device at theother end of the open With an ordinarykid glove I have ing is reached.This last device should preferably have the distance between the plateand the head a less than the other devices, so that the mere passing ofthe lacing into position under the head of the device will hold thelacing there so snugly that no other attachment in practice is requiredto prevent its becoming disengaged.

As the lacing is passed under the head of each device it compresses theglove material beneath it, and as it proceeds farther under the head ofthe device the pressure of the plate 6 on the under side of the materialand the elasticity of the material will cause it to rise up behind thelacing, as shown in Fig. 1, so that there is no tendency for the lacingto become disengaged from the devices unintentionally.

I have shown my invention applied to a lacing device having a concentricstem; but it may be used to advantage also with the stem eccentric, asin a lacing-hook.

I claim-- 1. In combination, the head a, attached to the. glove, theglove material I), the lacing f, and the plate a, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. In combination, the head a, attached to the glove, the .glovematerial I), the lacingf, the plate 0, and the tape a, substantially asand for the purpose set forth. 7

g 3. In combination, the head a, having the tubular stem 9, the glovematerial b,the lacing f, and the plate 6, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

WILLIAM F. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

DANIEL H. DRISCOLL, EDWARD T. ROCHE.

